The handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood.
A DELUXE EDITION OF A MODERN CLASSIC. The Handmaid's Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population. This story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate Handmaids under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, Margaret Atwood reveals the dark corners behind the establishment's calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions. -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780358346296 (PAP)
- ISBN: 0358346290 (PAP)
- Physical Description: 311 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins, 2019.
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Formatted Contents Note: | Night -- Shopping -- Night -- Waiting Room -- Nap -- Household -- Night -- Birth Day -- Night -- Soul Scrolls -- Night -- Jezebel's -- Night -- Salvaging -- Night -- Historical Notes. |
Target Audience Note: | 750L Lexile |
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Subject: | Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Misogyny > Fiction. Women > Fiction. |
Genre: | Dystopias. Fantasy fiction. |
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Tunkhannock Public Library | F ATW (Text) | 31650000641188 | New Book | Available | - |
Dimmick Main Library | F ATW (Text) | 304441003418995 | New Fiction | Available | - |